Patents Assigned to Display Industries, LLC.
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Patent number: 7293381Abstract: A display device for mounting on an inside surface of a cooler door has a mounting bracket for attaching to the cooler door, a top tube mounted on the first mounting bracket, and a bottom tube mounted on the first mounting bracket below the top tube. A display scroll is entrained about the top and bottom tubes so that the scroll is visible through the cooler door. As the scroll is rotated about the tubes, a display graphic on the scroll moves to attract the attention of potential consumers.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2004Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventors: Bernard Primiano, James David Robertson
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Patent number: 7191905Abstract: A shelf device for an inside surface of a cooler door has a tray with a bottom panel, opposed front and rear panels connected to the bottom panel, and opposed end panels connected to the bottom, front and rear panels. The front panel has a rear face opposite the rear panel and a front face. A front display panel has an embellished front surface and has a rear surface attached to the front surface of the front panel of the tray. Openings in tray flanges receive suction cup protrusions for attaching the tray to the inside surface of the cooler door.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventor: James David Robertson
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Patent number: 7121112Abstract: A cooler for a counter top has a bottom panel having lateral and transverse edge portions and a plurality of upright panels attached thereto and extending upward therefrom forming a vessel with an interior adapted to hold ice. The plurality of upright panels includes a front panel having a front surface and plurality of pockets extending from the front surface to the interior of the vessel. An access panel provides access to the interior for filling the cooler with ice. The ice cools each pocket to thereby chill a beverage container resting in the pocket.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2005Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventor: James David Robertson
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Patent number: 7104410Abstract: A merchandising display shelf track device for receiving a row of articles for sliding movement therealong has non-planar front face members connected to a base wall and sidewalls. Racking forces exerted on the front face members are transferred through the non-planar face members to the base wall and sidewalls to minimize racking. An anti-torsion bar connects the front face members to prevent spreading of the sidewalls and thereby minimize racking.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2003Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventor: Bernard Primiano
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Patent number: 7080744Abstract: A shelf device for mounting on an inside surface of a cooler door comprises a bottom panel and left and right mounting flanges connected to the bottom panel along left and right side edge portions thereof. Each flange has a pair of openings therein vertically spaced from one another and adapted to mount and support the shelf device. A partition panel is connected to the bottom panel and mounting flanges divides the bottom panel into a plurality of compartments. Vertically extending ribs are attached to the partition panel at junctions of adjacent compartments. A display panel is spaced from the bottom panel and attached to the ribs. The display panel includes top and bottom lips forming a slot for slidably receiving a display insert.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2004Date of Patent: July 25, 2006Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventor: James David Robertson
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Patent number: 7066340Abstract: A shelf device for an inside surface of a cooler door has a bottle neck-hanging device and a display panel. The bottle neck-hanging device has a sidewall with at least two slotted openings therein. The display panel is adjacent the sidewall and has slotted openings therein aligned with the openings of the sidewall. At least two suction cups attach the sidewall and display panel to the cooler door. Each of the suction cups has a protrusion extending through one of the openings in the display panel and a corresponding opening in the sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2004Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventor: James David Robertson
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Patent number: 7044424Abstract: An article holder for a barrel cooler has a lip for fitting on the top end of the barrel sidewall and a tray attached to the lip for holding containers which indicate the contents of the barrel.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2004Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventors: James David Robertson, David Bernstein
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Patent number: 7044483Abstract: A cooler is composed of a number of stackable units. Each unit has inner and outer shells with an air space between them. The outer shell has bottom, side and end panels connected together forming an outer tub with a drain. An inner shell has bottom, side and end panels connected together forming an inner tub. Drain openings in the inner tub allow water to flow to the drain in the outer tub. The bottom panel of the inner shell is spaced from the bottom panel of the outer shell creating an air space therebetween. The bottom of one unit can nest in the top of another unit to stack the units one atop the other. Wheels are attached to the bottommost unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2004Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventors: James David Robertson, Jason Walesh
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Patent number: 6978888Abstract: A carrier for a plurality of beverage containers has a carrier body, means for hand carrying the carrier, and pull tabs. The carrier body has an outer periphery and defines a plurality of container openings with one container opening for each beverage container of the plurality of beverage containers. There is a plurality of pull tabs with one pull tab for each container opening of the plurality of container openings. Each pull tab extends from the outer periphery to an associated container opening and is connected to the associated opening by perforations extending from the associated opening to the outer periphery so that pulling the pull tab separates the body at the associated opening creating a path for container removal.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2004Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventor: Denise Sanders
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Patent number: 6938791Abstract: A lid for a cold box has a shell-like configuration with front and rear shell members hingedly connected. The front shell member pivots relative to the rear shell member to provide access to the interior of the cold box when the front shell member is lifted by a handle. A viewing window is provided in the front shell member. The rear shell member is vented to provide passageways for the intake and outtake of air.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2003Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventors: James David Robertson, Bernard Primiano, Ming Sun
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Patent number: 6830157Abstract: A merchandising display track device is adapted to merchandise pies so that pies can be dispensed one at a time with the oldest pie dispensed first. The preferred embodiment of the device comprises a base member having a front end portion, first and second upstanding sidewalls connected to the base member forming a U-shaped structure having a front end portion, a rail connected to the base member between the sidewalls, and a pusher mechanism adapted to ride on the rail and push the articles toward the front end portion of the tubular housing. The front end portion of the base member extends forward more than the front end portion of the U-shaped structure to hold an article for dispensing articles one at a time.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventors: James David Robertson, Garrison Brooks
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Patent number: 6779670Abstract: An elongate display track device has one or more intermediate sections, a front section with a front piece and product identification panels, and a rear section with a stop member. The sections are frangibly connected to alter the length of the track device. The sections are releasably connected by keys and keyways. The length is changed by removing one or more intermediate sections, then re-attaching the rear section to provide the stop member. The front piece provides a surface along its bottom for a product identification label. Arms upstanding from the front track section support a panel which provides a surface for product identification.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2003Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventors: Bernard Primiano, Ming Sun
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Patent number: 6766911Abstract: A display rack and bottle are provided with one defining a keyway and the other defining a key. When the key is in the keyway, the bottle label faces forward. Removing a bottle does not alter the relationship between the key and keyway ensuring that the bottle labels always face forward.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2002Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventor: Mark A. Higgins
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Patent number: 6745905Abstract: A refrigerator tray holds containers of individual beverages for dispensing the beverages one at a time. The tray has a ventilated support panel surrounded about its periphery by a frame of sidewalls. The support panel fits in the sidewalls so that the panel slants downward toward the front to gravity feed the beverages.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2002Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventor: David Bernstein
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Patent number: 6722509Abstract: A merchandising display shelf track device for receiving a row of articles for sliding movement therealong has non-planar front face members connected to a base wall and top stop members. Racking forces exerted on the top stop members are transferred through the non-planar face members to the base wall to minimize racking.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2002Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventors: James David Robertson, Bernard Primiano
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Patent number: 6702127Abstract: A merchandising display shelf track device for receiving a row of articles for sliding movement therealong has non-planar front face members connected to a base wall and top stop members. Racking forces exerted on the top stop members and front face members are transferred through the non-planar face members to the base wall to minimize racking.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2003Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventor: Bernard Primiano
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Patent number: 6695152Abstract: An elongate display track device has a plurality of track segments frangibly connected end-to-end to one another forming a continuous track for receiving a row of articles for sliding movement therealong. There are a front track segment defining an a-keyway, and a rear track segment defining a b-keyway. At least one first intermediate track segment has an a-key on one end and a b-key on the other end. The a-keys are mateable only with a-keyways and b-keys are mateable only with b-keyways. At least one second intermediate track segment has an b-keyway on one end a b-key on the other end. At least one third intermediate track segment has an b-keyway on one end an a-keyway on the other end. The track device is separated at the a-keys and a-keyways to shorten the track length and separated at the b-keys and b-keyways to lengthen the track to fit a shelf.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2002Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventors: Dion Fabrizio, Ming Sun
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Patent number: 6672464Abstract: A display shelf track device has a downwardly protruding member for attaching the track device to the shelf. The downwardly protruding member can be a key, a plug or a clip. A clip forcibly fits over one or a pair of wires in a wire shelf or forcibly between wires to releasably attach the track device to the shelf. A plug forcibly fits into an opening in the shelf while a key fits in a keyway to immobilize the track device relative to the shelf.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2001Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventor: James David Robertson
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Patent number: 6629431Abstract: A cooler for cooling individual beverage containers and the liquid therein using ice has a pedestal fastened to a coaster base. The pedestal has a truncated bell shape and is wider at its top than at its bottom The top portion of the pedestal contains a tub. A dome shaped lid is attached to the top portion of the pedestal. When the lid is closed, the lid covers the tub.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventor: James D. Robertson
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Patent number: 6615995Abstract: An elongate display track device has one or more intermediate sections, a front section with a front piece and product identification panels, and a rear section with a stop member. The sections are frangibly connected to alter the length of the track device. The sections are releasably connected by keys and keyways. The length is changed by removing one or more intermediate sections, then re-attaching the rear section to provide the stop member. The front piece provides a surface along its bottom for a product identification label. Arms upstanding from the front track section support a panel which provides a surface for product identification.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2001Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: Display Industries, LLC.Inventors: Bernard Primiano, Ming Sun